(24148) Mychajliw Main-belt Asteroid
Discovered on 14 November 1999 by LINEAR at Socorro.
Alexis Marie Mychajliw (b. 1991) is a finalist in the 2008 Intel Scien ce Talent Search (STS), a science competition for high school seniors, for her zoology project. She attends the Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, New York.Naming citation (20080221/MPCPages.arc), IAU / Minor Planet Center, via NASA/JPL
Where Mychajliw is today
Seen from above the solar system on 2026-10-14: Mychajliw is 2.71 au from the Sun and 2.18 au from Earth. Computed from JPL's orbital elements.
Facts
| Number | 24148 |
| Provisional designation | 1999 VM169 |
| Orbit class | Main-belt Asteroid |
| Diameter | 3.16 km (#14,809 largest of 17,440 named asteroids with a measured size) |
| Albedo | 0.256 |
| Absolute magnitude (H) | 14.85 |
| Orbital period | 3.83 years |
| Semi-major axis | 2.45 au |
| Perihelion – aphelion | 2.15 – 2.75 au |
| Eccentricity | 0.121 |
| Inclination | 9.70° |
| Closest distance between its orbit and Earth's (MOID) | 1.14 au |
Data: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database and the IAU Minor Planet Center.
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